Description

In the past decade, DSP algorithms and architectures for baseband communication systems have brought applications such as 3G mobile communications and wireless LAN to mass markets. Since then, further progress in DAC and ADC technology has permitted DSP to be applied at IF sampling rates up to several 100 MHz, which has opened up a large range of advanced DSP algorithms to be deployed for – potentially reconfigurable (or software enabled radio) – communications system functions such as modulation, synchronisation, equalisation, coding, and many more. This development is expected to continue, and opportunities such as cognitive radios for improved spectrum efficiency and reliable and ubiquitous communication are likely to become reality within the next couple of years. This second colloquium will comprise of invited keynote speakers, oral presentations, poster sessions, and a small industrial exhibition for companies demonstrating the latest hardware and software for DSP enabled radio.